'Mum told us that she was very poorly with something called HIV and that she wouldn't get better,' recalls Lauren, now 35. This Dickensian series of tragic events would be no less heartbreaking for Lauren had her parents been drug addicts. So great was the stigma attached to HIV and Aids at the time that Lauren and her brothers had been kept completely in the dark. Due to the stigma attached to HIV and Aids at the time Lauren and her brothers had been kept in the dark after their parent's illness. 'Everyone was aware that HIV was a death sentence, so I can only imagine how terrified she felt,' said Lauren.

Source: Daily Mail May 19, 2019 22:30 UTC